Cole Foundation injects $536,000 to bolster leukemia research in Montreal

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New fellowship grants in pediatric leukemia research to be
created at Université de Montréal and McGill University

Researchers at Université de Montréal and McGill University will
receive an additional $536,000 in fellowship grants to bolster
research in the area of pediatric and young adult leukemia and
lymphoma, thanks to the Cole Foundation. This new support
builds on the Cole Foundation's Fellowship Programme, which was
created 4 years ago to encourage young researchers in search of a
cure for pediatric leukemia and related diseases.
This year, the Cole Foundation has pledged another $536,000 to
propel the work of 11 more Cole Fellows. Since 2007, the Cole
Foundation has generously funded over 60 post-doctoral and graduate
research fellowships.

"The faculties of medicine at the Université de Montréal and
McGill University, along with the Institut Armand-Frappier, produce
scientists who are at the forefront of the international battle
against pediatric leukemia," said Barry Cole, president of the Cole
Foundation. "These new investments, coupled with our ongoing
Cole Fellowships, will serve as important tools to empower
tomorrow's scientists - right here in Montreal - so they may find
new ways to conquer pediatric leukemia and related diseases."

2010 Cole Fellows

Of the 11 new recipients announced for 2010, 6 will work at
Université de Montréal-affiliated institutions: the Institute for
Research in Immunology Cancer (IRIC), Sainte-Justine University
Hospital Research Center and Maisonneuve-Rosemont Hospital.
At McGill, 5 Cole Fellows will work from the affiliated McGill
University Health Centre and Lady Davis Research Centre of the
Jewish General Hospital. The newly announced 2010 Cole Fellows
are:

Aurélie Baguette, Post-PhD program, Université
de Montréal

Cédric Carli, Post-PhD program, Université de
Montréal

Kimberley Doucette, Masters program, McGill
University

Benjamin Neveu, Masters program, Université de
Montréal

Jessica Nichol, PhD program, McGill
University

Torsten Nielsen, PhD program, McGill
University

Alexandre Orthwein, PhD program, Université de
Montréal

Danielle de Verteuil, PhD program, Université
de Montréal

Krystel Vincent, Masters program, Université
de Montréal

David X. Q. Wang, Masters program, McGill
University

Ryan Weist, PhD program, McGill
University

About the Cole Foundation

The Cole Foundation offers two-year fellowships to clinical,
postdoctoral and graduate scientists dedicated to research in
leukemia and leukemia-related diseases in children and young
adults. Through its fellowships, the Cole Foundation has committed
more than $5 million to support leukemia researchers in Greater
Montreal laboratories and hospitals. The Cole Foundation was
created in 1980 by the late businessman John N. Cole to support
Montreal-based research in pediatric oncology and hematology. He
established the Penny Cole Laboratory at the Montreal Children's
Hospital and the Jack Cole Chair in Pediatric Oncology and
Hematology at McGill University.